Legal Opinion
Holden v. Board of Trustees of Cornell University
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided May 21, 1981PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
Mikoll, J.
Cornell University, incorporated in 1865, is both a private university and a land grant college, having received the grant under the Morrill Act (US Code, tit 7, § 301 et seq.) passed by Congress in 1862. Its present charter is set out in the Education Law (§ 5701 et seq.). The Board of Trustees of the University (the Board) consists of 62 members. A variety of public interests must, by law, be represented on the Board which is responsible for the management of the university.
*379Included among the various colleges of the university are four “statutory” colleges…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Howard v. WymanNew York Court of Appeals · 1971
- Kurcsics v. Merchants Mutual InsuranceNew York Court of Appeals · 1980
- Sheehan v. City of BinghamtonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1977
- Oneonta Star Division of Ottaway Newspapers, Inc. v. Board of TrusteesAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1979
3Cited by11 opinions
- Gordon v. Village of Monticello, Inc.New York Court of Appeals · 1995
- BD. OF TRUSTEES v. Miss. Publishers Corp.Mississippi Supreme Court · 1985
- Sprague v. University of VermontDistrict Court, D. Vermont · 1987
- Goetschius v. Board of Education of the Greenburgh Eleven Union Free School DistrictAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1997
- Stoll v. New York State College of Veterinary Medicine at Cornell UniversityNew York Court of Appeals · 1999
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